Comprehensive Literacy State Development
Program Title | Program Description |
Well-Rounded Education Programs |
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84.371C |
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Discretionary Competitive Grants/Direct Grants to Outlying Areas/Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Program |
What’s New
- The Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CSLD) program announces the FY 2024 grant competition has opened. The Notice of Inviting Applications (NIA) was posted in the Federal Register on April 23, 2024. For more information please visit the Applicant Information.
- Announcing Technical Assistance Available to All States: Beginning in November 2023, the CLSD Literacy Center will expand its support to help non-CLSD state education agencies (SEAs) revise, enhance, and, if applicable, create their state literacy plans to improve their effectiveness in meeting current and long-term needs of local education agencies (LEAs) and the students they serve. Additionally, the Center will support SEAs in their self-assessments of state literacy infrastructures — including state legislatures, state boards of education, state literacy teams, etc. — to further enhance and support LEAs. More information can be found here.
- The Department will continue to host the following series Raising the Bar: Literacy & Math to Address Academic Recovery. The press release can be found here, and a link to the first session can be found here.
About CLSD
The Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) program is authorized under Sections 2221-2225 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended (ESEA). The purpose of the CLSD discretionary grants is to create a comprehensive literacy program to advance literacy skills, including pre-literacy skills, reading, and writing, for children from birth through grade 12, with an emphasis on disadvantaged children, including children living in poverty, English learners, and children with disabilities.
Note: A portion of the funds appropriated for CLSD are set aside for Outlying Areas and Bureau of Indian Education schools.
CLSD Program Officers & Grant Portfolio
Michael Berry | Jennifer Brianas | Stephanie Badger |
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Island | Alaska | Bureau of Indian Education |
Guam | America Samoa | Kentucky |
Hawaii | Arizona | Michigan |
Louisiana | Arkansas | Missouri |
Texas | California | Montana |
Wyoming | Colorado | North Dakota |
District of Columbia | Ohio | |
Florida | Tennessee | |
Georgia | ||
Massachusetts | ||
Minnesota | ||
New Mexico | ||
Rhode Island | ||
U.S. Virgin Island |